Cloud and IT go hand in hand, so as IT leaders, you likely need a comprehensive, clear insight into the technologies that feed both the enterprise and the cloud. Of paramount importance to IT leaders and cloud architects is keeping your technology assets secure, well-governed and cost effective. This is a far cry from where IT was a decade or more ago, whereby IT was pictured more as support for the back office and keeping “the network” functional—as well as supporting the users and workplace.
IT leaders need comprehensive, clear insights into their technology to fuel this evasive and evolving data-driven, decision-making processes, which lead to the best of results. The cloud, while convenient and less involved (compared to an enterprise-size data center) is not without its concerns. This is not to be “negative” about the cloud. Quite the contrary, knowing pitfalls of the cloud can only make your implementation(s) better and less risky.
